八

large hanging paper lantern

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry

Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)

great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri)

Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)

star anise (Illicium verum)

Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm

tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)

Mathematics

octonion

great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit

Proverb

you're never too old to learn

eight-hour working day system

the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra

fixed match; rigged game

eight-strand braid (rope); single braid

Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language

eighty percent

Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama

yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh

Yamecha; Yame tea; high-quality tea from the Yame area in Fukuoka

eighth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

Japanese mythology

god of evil; god who causes many disasters

eight people